Burkina Faso vs Cameroon statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 29.1M in Cameroon (ranked 52/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 182,514 sq mi for Cameroon (ranked 73rd vs. 52nd).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762).

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Burkina Faso and Cameroon economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Cameroon
1960	$330,442,816	$614,206,068
1961	$350,247,234	$652,777,608
1962	$379,567,099	$694,247,864
1963	$394,040,667	$718,320,845
1964	$410,321,645	$776,650,177
1965	$422,916,790	$814,083,266
1966	$433,889,766	$851,112,535
1967	$450,753,924	$936,175,260
1968	$460,442,689	$1,046,191,218
1969	$478,298,645	$1,100,551,489
1970	$458,404,269	$1,151,216,993
1971	$482,411,179	$1,236,941,394
1972	$578,595,522	$1,498,251,890
1973	$674,773,570	$1,901,393,361
1974	$751,133,430	$2,157,415,533
1975	$939,972,703	$2,857,037,371
1976	$976,547,188	$2,898,090,002
1977	$1,131,224,878	$3,394,664,024
1978	$1,475,583,645	$4,662,852,583
1979	$1,748,480,621	$5,919,002,983
1980	$1,928,719,888	$6,674,569,047
1981	$1,775,842,334	$6,610,938,617
1982	$1,754,450,096	$6,611,255,964
1983	$1,600,278,605	$6,870,200,010
1984	$1,459,880,132	$7,311,938,026
1985	$1,552,493,196	$8,544,810,498
1986	$2,036,303,358	$11,857,056,199
1987	$2,369,834,950	$13,049,659,981
1988	$2,616,040,479	$12,236,057,362
1989	$2,615,587,734	$11,012,566,195
1990	$3,101,300,779	$12,314,482,628
1991	$3,135,045,584	$11,840,192,296
1992	$3,356,692,505	$12,071,775,335
1993	$3,199,536,465	$16,181,814,713
1994	$1,895,290,637	$8,902,446,252
1995	$2,379,517,975	$10,864,772,471
1996	$2,586,550,595	$11,093,538,846
1997	$2,447,669,102	$10,789,458,433
1998	$2,804,902,367	$11,298,144,990
1999	$3,389,566,713	$11,565,826,465
2000	$2,968,370,088	$10,566,579,295
2001	$3,190,371,081	$10,953,485,349
2002	$3,622,350,063	$12,417,251,350
2003	$4,740,768,143	$15,970,315,035
2004	$5,451,688,538	$18,826,214,136
2005	$6,146,353,173	$19,509,852,207
2006	$6,547,419,820	$20,910,512,975
2007	$7,625,722,837	$23,928,250,433
2008	$9,451,435,490	$27,715,142,033
2009	$9,450,696,873	$27,932,970,317
2010	$10,109,619,741	$27,507,501,821
2011	$12,080,295,978	$30,630,910,495
2012	$12,561,015,157	$30,155,062,329
2013	$13,444,300,486	$33,728,621,180
2014	$13,943,016,077	$36,386,544,706
2015	$11,832,159,316	$32,210,233,020
2016	$12,833,363,045	$33,814,337,044
2017	$14,106,955,615	$36,098,547,033
2018	$15,890,066,221	$39,955,552,190
2019	$16,032,813,503	$39,667,757,528
2020	$17,725,010,533	$40,773,241,177
2021	$19,697,516,284	$45,011,937,347
2022	$18,820,218,691	$44,347,206,073
2023	$20,324,617,845	$49,279,410,983
2024	$23,250,214,910	$51,326,764,685

Burkina Faso and Cameroon economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Cameroon
1960	$69.2	$119.1
1961	$72.2	$124.6
1962	$77.2	$130
1963	$78.9	$131.6
1964	$80.9	$139.2
1965	$82.1	$142.7
1966	$82.8	$145.8
1967	$84.6	$156.6
1968	$85	$170.8
1969	$86.8	$175.2
1970	$81.7	$178.5
1971	$84.5	$186.7
1972	$99.6	$220.1
1973	$114.1	$271.8
1974	$124.7	$299.9
1975	$152.9	$386
1976	$155.5	$381
1977	$176	$435
1978	$223.9	$582
1979	$258.5	$718
1980	$277.6	$784
1981	$248.7	$750
1982	$239	$732
1983	$211.9	$746
1984	$187.8	$772
1985	$194.1	$875
1986	$247.5	$1,179
1987	$280.2	$1,258
1988	$301	$1,145
1989	$293.2	$1,001
1990	$339	$1,087
1991	$334	$1,015
1992	$349	$1,005
1993	$324	$1,310
1994	$187.2	$701
1995	$229.1	$832
1996	$242.7	$827
1997	$223.9	$783
1998	$249.5	$799
1999	$292.8	$796
2000	$248.9	$709
2001	$259.5	$715
2002	$285.7	$790
2003	$362	$988
2004	$404	$1,133
2005	$441	$1,143
2006	$456	$1,191
2007	$515	$1,326
2008	$619	$1,492
2009	$602	$1,461
2010	$625	$1,399
2011	$725	$1,514
2012	$731	$1,449
2013	$760	$1,576
2014	$765	$1,649
2015	$630	$1,415
2016	$664	$1,442
2017	$709	$1,496
2018	$777	$1,611
2019	$765	$1,555
2020	$825	$1,556
2021	$896	$1,672
2022	$836	$1,605
2023	$883	$1,737
2024	$987	$1,762

Burkina Faso vs. Cameroon life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Cameroon
1950	33	33.1
1951	33.4	33.9
1952	33.6	34.6
1953	33.9	35.5
1954	34.2	36.5
1955	34.5	37.5
1956	34.8	38.4
1957	35.1	38.3
1958	35.4	39.1
1959	35.7	39.8
1960	36.1	34.7
1961	36.4	35.2
1962	36.8	42.6
1963	37.1	43.1
1964	37.4	43.6
1965	37.8	44.2
1966	38.1	44.8
1967	38.4	45.6
1968	38.8	46.4
1969	39	47.2
1970	39.5	48
1971	39.9	48.6
1972	40.4	49.1
1973	40.9	49.5
1974	41.7	49.7
1975	42.5	49.9
1976	43.3	50
1977	44.2	50.1
1978	45	50.3
1979	45.7	50.5
1980	46.5	50.9
1981	46.9	51.2
1982	47.6	51.8
1983	48.1	52.4
1984	48.5	52.9
1985	48.7	53.5
1986	49	53.6
1987	49.1	54.2
1988	49.2	54.4
1989	49.3	54.4
1990	49.3	54.3
1991	49.3	54.2
1992	49.4	54.1
1993	49.4	53.9
1994	49.5	53.5
1995	49.6	53.3
1996	49.7	53.2
1997	49.6	53.1
1998	50.2	53
1999	50.5	53.2
2000	50.8	53.3
2001	51.2	53.6
2002	51.4	53.9
2003	52	54.3
2004	52.6	54.6
2005	53.3	54.9
2006	53.8	55.3
2007	54.4	55.7
2008	55.2	56.1
2009	55.8	56.5
2010	56.3	57
2011	57	57.5
2012	57.5	58.2
2013	57.9	58.7
2014	58.3	59.1
2015	58.8	59.7
2016	59.2	60.3
2017	59.6	60.8
2018	60	61.2
2019	60.2	61.7
2020	60.5	61.7
2021	60	61.1
2022	60.7	62.4
2023	61.1	63.7
2024	61.3	64
2025	61.5	64.2

Burkina Faso and Cameroon population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Cameroon
1960	4,778,621	5,159,057
1961	4,848,224	5,239,273
1962	4,919,672	5,338,620
1963	4,993,623	5,456,623
1964	5,071,034	5,578,257
1965	5,152,833	5,704,686
1966	5,237,933	5,837,295
1967	5,326,348	5,977,318
1968	5,418,644	6,125,863
1969	5,513,177	6,283,462
1970	5,610,304	6,449,793
1971	5,707,999	6,624,408
1972	5,807,234	6,806,872
1973	5,911,927	6,996,660
1974	6,024,904	7,193,583
1975	6,147,569	7,397,120
1976	6,280,635	7,597,962
1977	6,428,734	7,796,501
1978	6,590,984	8,011,921
1979	6,763,903	8,239,641
1980	6,947,900	8,512,219
1981	7,140,271	8,816,377
1982	7,340,197	9,028,678
1983	7,551,129	9,215,397
1984	7,772,256	9,475,078
1985	7,999,935	9,761,730
1986	8,228,847	10,060,342
1987	8,457,109	10,370,749
1988	8,687,435	10,684,968
1989	8,921,175	11,002,745
1990	9,159,356	11,331,821
1991	9,394,632	11,667,180
1992	9,629,275	12,006,353
1993	9,871,713	12,353,131
1994	10,123,798	12,704,903
1995	10,386,722	13,058,516
1996	10,655,942	13,414,757
1997	10,934,223	13,775,214
1998	11,240,664	14,144,860
1999	11,574,928	14,525,140
2000	11,925,546	14,912,631
2001	12,295,001	15,309,490
2002	12,680,897	15,725,528
2003	13,082,532	16,160,340
2004	13,500,533	16,610,487
2005	13,932,123	17,074,594
2006	14,373,707	17,550,407
2007	14,816,307	18,049,896
2008	15,258,093	18,574,056
2009	15,710,066	19,113,974
2010	16,176,498	19,668,066
2011	16,661,908	20,232,304
2012	17,172,287	20,809,529
2013	17,695,409	21,402,376
2014	18,229,461	22,059,893
2015	18,777,487	22,763,414
2016	19,334,856	23,454,161
2017	19,894,407	24,128,601
2018	20,438,288	24,806,383
2019	20,961,952	25,506,095
2020	21,478,690	26,210,558
2021	21,995,243	26,915,758
2022	22,509,038	27,632,771
2023	23,025,776	28,372,687
2024	23,548,781	29,123,744

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Cameroon

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Cameroon
1960	6.25	5.73
1961	6.29	5.73
1962	6.32	5.73
1963	6.36	5.73
1964	6.42	5.74
1965	6.47	5.8
1966	6.53	5.85
1967	6.59	5.95
1968	6.65	6.04
1969	6.66	6.14
1970	6.69	6.2
1971	6.7	6.26
1972	6.72	6.29
1973	6.77	6.33
1974	6.84	6.36
1975	6.91	6.4
1976	6.95	6.45
1977	7.05	6.51
1978	7.15	6.55
1979	7.19	6.58
1980	7.22	6.61
1981	7.26	6.61
1982	7.25	6.59
1983	7.25	6.58
1984	7.25	6.56
1985	7.24	6.56
1986	7.22	6.57
1987	7.17	6.54
1988	7.11	6.48
1989	7.05	6.41
1990	7.01	6.36
1991	6.97	6.32
1992	6.94	6.26
1993	6.89	6.16
1994	6.84	6.04
1995	6.81	5.92
1996	6.78	5.8
1997	6.72	5.71
1998	6.66	5.66
1999	6.59	5.6
2000	6.52	5.51
2001	6.43	5.44
2002	6.34	5.44
2003	6.28	5.43
2004	6.22	5.44
2005	6.18	5.42
2006	6.17	5.37
2007	6.11	5.34
2008	6.05	5.29
2009	5.99	5.24
2010	5.94	5.15
2011	5.87	5.05
2012	5.79	4.98
2013	5.7	4.91
2014	5.6	4.84
2015	5.48	4.84
2016	5.33	4.84
2017	5.17	4.8
2018	4.92	4.74
2019	4.68	4.65
2020	4.44	4.56
2021	4.36	4.47
2022	4.28	4.4
2023	4.19	4.32

Burkina Faso and Cameroon demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Cameroon
1960	19.8	20.5
1961	19.7	20.3
1962	19.7	20.1
1963	19.7	20.1
1964	19.6	20
1965	19.6	19.9
1966	19.5	19.8
1967	19.5	19.7
1968	19.3	19.5
1969	19.1	19.4
1970	18.9	19.2
1971	18.8	19
1972	18.6	18.9
1973	18.5	18.8
1974	18.3	18.6
1975	18.2	18.5
1976	18.1	18.3
1977	17.9	18.2
1978	17.8	18
1979	17.7	17.9
1980	17.6	17.8
1981	17.5	17.8
1982	17.4	17.5
1983	17.3	17.3
1984	17.2	17.1
1985	17.1	17.1
1986	16.9	17
1987	16.8	16.9
1988	16.7	16.9
1989	16.6	16.8
1990	16.5	16.8
1991	16.4	16.8
1992	16.3	16.8
1993	16.3	16.8
1994	16.3	16.9
1995	16.3	16.9
1996	16.3	17
1997	16.3	17.1
1998	16.3	17.1
1999	16.4	17.2
2000	16.5	17.3
2001	16.6	17.4
2002	16.7	17.5
2003	16.8	17.5
2004	16.9	17.6
2005	17	17.6
2006	17.1	17.7
2007	17.1	17.7
2008	17.1	17.8
2009	17.1	17.8
2010	17.1	17.9
2011	17.1	17.9
2012	17.1	18
2013	17.1	18.1
2014	17.1	18.2
2015	17.1	18.3
2016	17.2	18.3
2017	17.3	18.4
2018	17.4	18.4
2019	17.6	18.5
2020	17.7	18.5
2021	18	18.6
2022	18.2	18.7
2023	18.4	18.8
2024	18.6	19

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